Word on the street is that Boston’s CBS affiliate, heritage station WBZ-TV, is cutting twenty-six (26) positions from the news station in this top 10 market. This certainly is in line with reported WBBM-TV Chicago’s high profile cuts. WBBM is CBS’s Chicago affiliate.

There is a bit more to the WBZ-TV story that you may not hear anyplace else. They have decided to cut out every-other-word from the news copy. That will reduce news to 15 minutes. Also, they can merge sports with weather and business with sports. Great for bookies and sports fans with umbrellas. They will be replacing their theme package with a kazoo and a slide-whistle. And wait, there’s more — they are moving their studios to the YMCA. The new talent (a former janitor named Hal) will also control the camera joysticks right there from the set.

The sales department will remain unaffected.